Bottle holder



July 9, 194 J. B. CARMICHAEL BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Oct. 9, 1939 INVENTOR.

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Patented July 9, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention aims to provide a simple but useful device for holding acontainer, such as an ink bottle, on a support, for instance a table ordesk, in upright position and against accidental overturning. Theinvention aims, further, so to construct the container band and thehousing which receives it, that the band will accommodate bottles'oflarge diameter, the housing or casing being kept short. A further objectof the invention is to provide novel means whereby the band may be heldin adjusted, outwardly extended positions, with respect to the housing,at the will of an operator.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view,

which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionherein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in perspective, an article constructed in accordance withthe invention, the device being in closed or inoperative position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation wherein the band has been advanced, to retaina bottle;

Fig. 3 is a top plan of thestructure as shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section, parts being Partitions 5 are securedto the top of the housing I and extend downwardly about half the heightof the housing. The partitions 5 define I guideways 6, each extendedcontinuously about the housing I, from the forward end of the hous-'ing. The guideways 6 are disposed parallel to the upright wall of thehousing I.

The numeral I marks a container-band, which is a composite structure.The container-band I comprises an intermediate plate 8, which may behigh enough to form a closure for the forward end of the housing I, thelower edge of the plate 10 8 being adapted to ride on the support 4, asthe container-band I is thrust backwardly into the housing I, asindicated in Fig. 1, or withdrawn partially from the housing, asdisclosed in Fig. 2.

The container-band I embodies arms 9, pref- III erably made of metal,and having, approximately, the resiliency of a metal rule-tape of knownconstruction, adapted to be wound into a roll in a case. The arms 9 ofthe container-band I extend backwardly into the guideways Ii of the 0housing I and are slidable in the guideways. It may here be noted thatthe aforesaid continuity of the guideways 6 permits the arms 9 to belong enough to accommodate a container of large diameter, when the bandI is advanced out of 5 the housing I, the housing being of small length,

so that it will not take up much room on a desk. Figure 5 shows that thearms 9 of the container-band I may be so long that they will extend pasteach other, in opposite directions, 30 at the back of the housing I, andalong the Sides thereof.

In order to limit the ultimate outward advancement of the container-bandI, its arms 9 terminate in projections or hooks I0, adapted toen- 35gage stops II on the wall of the housing I and on the partitions 5, atthe forward end of the the housing. A means is provided whereby theoperator can cause the container-band I to be held in any position'towhich it may have been advanced out of the housing I. That means may beof various sorts, as the manufacturer may prefer, but the meansdelineated in the drawing is satisfactory and preferred. It comprises atiltable keeper plate I2, disposed transversely of the housing I, andhaving terminal shafts I4, mounted to rock in the side walls of thehousing. For the convenient manipulation of the keeper plate I2, from aplace without the housing I, one of the shafts I4 is supplied with aturning 5 button I5. The lower edges of the arms 9 of the container bandI are notched to form racks I6 therewith the keeper plate I2 is adaptedto enit to engage with the racks I5, certain of the partitions 5 may becorrespondingly notched, an observation which will be understood readilywhen Fig. 4 of the drawing is noted.

In practical operation, the keeper plate I2 is turned to a horizontalposition, so that the arms 9 of the container-band T can be advancedover it. By means of the closure plate 8, the container-band l is drawnout of the housing I, until an ink bottle I! can be received between theresilient arms 9, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

the bottle resting on the support 4. The keeper plate I2 is tilted untilit engages the racks l6 and, thus, the parts are held in the positionshown in Fig. 2. The keeper plate l2 and the racks [6 also are availableto hold the member 8 in closed position, as shown in Fig. 6. Since thearms 9 of the container-band I are resilient, they will accommodatebottles of difierent diameters and shapes, if the container-band isadvanced sufficiently out of the housing I.

The holding mechanism represented by the racks l6 and the keeper 12 maybe dispensed with. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 7. In thatfigure, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numeralsalready used, with the sufiix a.

The device is simple in construction, but will be found thoroughlyadvantageous for maintaining an ink bottle or the like in an uprightposition, on a support, against overturning. Figure 1 shows that thedevice, when not in use, takes up little compass on a desk, the devicedetracting nothing from the appearance of the desk or table to which itis attached.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device for holding a container on a support, in upright positionand against acci- 2. In a device for holding a container on a support,in upright position and against accidental overturning, a housing, acontainer-band comprising arms mounted for in and out sliding movementwith respect to the housing, and means under the control of an operatorfor holding the band in adjusted, outwardly extended positions withrespect to the housing.

3. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1,and wherein the band embodies a closure for one end of the casing.

4. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 2,and wherein said means embodies racks on the arms, and latch mechanismcarried by the housing and cooperating with the racks.

5. In a device for holding a container on a support, in upright positionand against accidental overturning, a housing having guides eachextended continuously about the housing from one end of the housing, anda containerband comprising arms entering said end of the housing andslidable in the guides, the continuity of the guides permitting the armsto be long enough to accommodate a container of large diameter, when theband is advanced out of the housing, and enabling the housing to be ofsmall length.

6. In a device for holding a container on a support, in upright positionand against accidental overturning, a housing having guides eachextended from one end of the housing, along one side of the housing andtransversely of the back of the housing, and a container-band comprisingarms entering said end of the housing and slidable in the guides, thearms extending in opposite directions, transversely of the back of thehousing, and being long enough to accommodate a container of largediameter when the band is advanced out of the housing, the length of thehousing being thereby reduced.

JAMES B. CARM'ICHAEL.

